2015-16 USA TODAY Sports
NCAA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll
Jan. 26, 2016
The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 women’s basketball coaches poll, with team’s RECORDS THROUGH MONDAY in parentheses, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, ranking in last week’s poll and first-place votes received:
| Rank | School (Record) | Points | Last week's rank | First-place votes |
| 1 | Connecticut (18-0) | 799 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 | South Carolina (19-0) | 769 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Notre Dame (19-1) | 735 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Baylor (19-1) | 702 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Maryland (17-2) | 664 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Texas (18-1) | 649 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Ohio State (15-4) | 597 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Oregon State (16-3) | 577 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Arizona State (17-3) | 537 | 11 | 0 |
| 10 | Texas A&M (14-5) | 475 | 12 | 0 |
| 11 | Florida State (16-4) | 471 | 13 | 0 |
| 12 | Kentucky (15-3) | 450 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | Mississippi State (17-4) | 374 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | Louisville (15-5) | 358 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | Michigan State (14-4) | 319 | 18 | 0 |
| 16 | Stanford (15-5) | 284 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Miami (Fla.) (17-3) | 255 | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | South Florida (13-5) | 226 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | UCLA (14-5) | 213 | 25 | 0 |
| 20 | Oklahoma (13-5) | 185 | 19 | 0 |
| 21 | DePaul (16-6) | 182 | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Wisconsin-Green Bay (17-2) | 71 | not ranked | 0 |
| 23 | Tennessee (12-7) | 69 | 22 | 0 |
| 24 | Missouri (16-4) | 62 | not ranked | 0 |
| 25 | Seton Hall (16-4) | 39 | not ranked | 0 |
Dropped out: No. 20 Northwestern (13-7), No. 23 Florida (16-4), No. 24 Syracuse (14-6).
Others receiving votes: Florida (16-4) 37; Duquesne (17-2) 36; West Virginia (16-4) 34; Syracuse (14-6) 33; Washington (15-4) 33; Duke (15-6) 32; George Washington (17-3) 29; St. John’s (16-4) 22; Northwestern (13-7) 19; Western Kentucky (16-2) 18; Brigham Young (16-4) 17; Oklahoma State (14-4) 14; North Carolina State (14-6) 5; Villanova (12-7) 3; Albany (15-3) 2; Florida Gulf Coast (16-4) 1; Princeton (11-4) 1; UTEP (16-1) 1; Tulane (15-5) 1.
The USA TODAY Sports Board of Coaches is made up of 32 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.